insurance. a young child dies when a fire erupts into the apartment. the afternoongood afternoon >> whenever somebody dies in a blaze the chicago fire department comes back to that neighborhood the next day to hand out free smoke detectors. this morning they gave away 200 of them. >> can you please contact your landlord? >> members went door

to door handing out smoke detectors in the same neighborhood where it day earlier at a young girl was killed in a fire. if >> our purpose is to give information to the community. that is the one piece of technology that has really changed fire death. >> it was just before 2:30 p.m. when flames engulfed the third floor bedroom of an apartment. the mother tearfully told us that her daughter accidentally set fire to a mattress. >> i went to grab the mattress and tried to throw it out the window. they tried to tell me that my baby was in the room with that fire. she was scared. she hid. she knew she did something wrong. >> fire officials say no smoke detectors were found in the apartment.

the fire commissioner says based on his 35 years as a firefighter he believes a smoke alarm could have saved her life. >> smoke detectors did not exist back then. we had fire deaths in the 100 typically in the city. now they're down to single double digits. right now it is single digits for the year. technology is an important piece. i think people underestimate what it can do. >> in the case of the fire yesterday just those few minutes early warning would have allowed that family to get everyone out of the building before those flames got out of control. >> a three year-old girl was killed after a bookcase fell on her. rescuers tried to revive her. the girl's name was not released and neither

were details on how it happened. the community alert urges women to be extra careful after a sexual assault. investigators are checking whether a police camera in the area may have recorded the offender. >> the attack happened very early tuesday morning as the victim walked in this area near the intersection. it is usually quite busy here. there is not a lot of foot traffic during the overnight hours. >> the teenager was walking around 1:30 a.m. when she was grabbed along the 1900 block. a man dragged her into an alley way. the rapist took off on a bicycle heading north. hours later he spoke with the victim's mother when she came into the spanish coalition for housing to see a building surveillance cameras captured any important clues.

>> her 19 year-old daughter works nearby and was on her way home after leaving work at 1:00 a.m.. residents there walking alone at any hour in this neighborhood is never a good idea. >> i'm kind of worried because i have daughters. this is not the first time this happened. >> had a man follow me one year ago. i had to run across the street. >> president's claim that have been fewer police patrols in the neighborhood since the installation of police cameras. area north detectives continued to investigate tuesday's attack. >> after six days of intense searching there is still no trace of the malaysian airline

that disappeared with two under and 39 people aboard. authorities insisted there's no evidence of flight flew for several hours after losing contact with air traffic controllers. the wall street and are reported u.s. aviation investigators and the national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of five hours based on data automatically transmitted . >> there are also questions today about why the plane is the transponder was turned off. aviation experts and commercial pilot addressed that during an appearance on the morning news. >> it is never supposed to be turned off. once it is turned off all of the normal data stops being transmitted from the airplane. why did they get turned off ? >> we have more questions than answers. >> search crews failed to find any trace of debris

suggested by satellite photos. >> yesterday's blast flattened 25 story apartment buildings in harlem. more than 64 people injured and at least five were still unaccounted for. a resident called the gas company just after 9:00 a.m. complaining of a natural-gas smell. 15 minutes later the buildings exploded. gas crews arrived on the scene minutes later. investigators looking at a gas main that serve to build buildings. they say the pipe might have cracked because of the extreme winter temperatures. >> billboards hovering over the expressway taken down. the sign can be seen on interstate 55 near central ave. there was paid for by a texas-based rifle parts company. south side activists say it is disrespectful and should be removed. according to the chicago tribune the group

called mom's command action for gun cents an america says they are exposing children to be harmful message. >> i school administrators are urging students to come forward if they have concerns about a teacher who is accused of having sex with underage students. a teacher and coach is charged with one count of criminal sexual assault. police arrested him over the weekend. he resigned tuesday. he is not allowed back on campus. telling students to of questions or concerns to speak with an administrator. >> northwestern university professor at the center of a sexual misconduct lawsuit will skip the spring quarter. when the university refused to fire ludlow the student sued both the professor and school. earlier this month a student protest planned

christmas. decided he should not teach when the new quarter begins. one former television pitchman is sentenced next monday prosecutors will ask for a 10 year prison term. he is convicted of lying in his infomercials' about the benefits of a weight-loss program. he has defied a judge's order that he pay $37 million fine. >> continues to dodge questions about a possible run for mayor of chicago. reporters after about a possible run against mayor emmanuel. she avoided the question and said she is running for reelection for current up. running unopposed in november for a second term as county board president >> may bring chicago more than just the usual flooding. the alderman says he saw large numbers of rats. several areas of the city during the brief warm spell earlier this week. he says warm

weather might produce an explosion in the rat population. new york has had success controlling rat infestations. >> the city of chicago plans to pave more city streets due to the growing number of potholes. added an additional 85 mi. of streets to this year's resurfacing plan. work began this spring. an estimated cost of a list hundred and $84 million. the city says they've received more than 47,000 complaints since december. so far this winter cruising filled more than to measure and 40,000 potholes. >> mystery cameras installed near schools and parks appear to be working. a 92 speed cameras have generated $3.7 million since august. less than

half of that money has been collected by the city. the mayor budgeted $70 million in income. >> the dogs that were stolen during a robbery are now back with the owners. he took them home and could not reach the owners until last night. burglars took the dogs in their crates. some electronics were also stolen. no arrests have been made. >> the man who found them did not want every word.a reward. >> an update on the teenager who sued her parents for college tuition. >>

police say driver was drunk when he sped into a crowd in texas killing two people and injuring 23 others. it happened earlier this morning outside a busy night club. five of those injured are in critical condition. austin is hosting

the annual south by southwest festival. it is likely some of the victims attended that festival. before the incident the driver was driving the wrong direction on a one daone-way street. >> i was the first one that he almost did.hit. >> i was going to tell him to stop because he was going the wrong way. i jumped out of the way and he missed me. >> the driver who is in custody faces dozens of charges including capital murder. >> he vomited in court for the second time this week after photos of his girlfriend's dead body were accidentally shelled. he said he shot and killed his girlfriend thinking she was an intruder locked in the bathroom. then put on his prosthetic legs to bust open the door with a cricket bat. after a crime scene expert a

sho >> if the crime scene was contaminated during the investigation. >> this teenager from the jersey who sued her parents for tuition and living expenses is back home with her family. she claimed she was forced out of her parents' house and they were obligated to pay her expenses. a judge rejected her demand for media researcimmediate assistance. >> one year ago the world's 1 billion catholics were presented with a new spiritual leader. since that day he has come to be known as a man of many firsts. as well as a man of the people. >> from the very beginning all near the successor would be different from others. >> the first pope to

actively condemn the vanities of his fellow churchmen. >> few could have imagined how for the differences would go.for the differences would go >> if you would have predicted that within his first year he would engage for outside management consulting firms to recommend ways to clean up corruption and make the vatican more efficient. >> the head of the catholic church once considered infallible would humbly say to my to judgwho am i to judge? >> now we are suddenly the

compassionate church. we are the field hospital that takes care of the wounded. we are the church that is concerned about the poor. 2 >> as much as he is changing the image varus some things observers believe will remain the same. >> is not going to change the fundamental doctrine of the church. he is not given any indication that he plans on making any radical changes to liturgy. >> few expect church policy will be changing on abortion or marriage for priests. showing every sign that it will mark a major turning point for the papacy some observers believe there are still some things he needs to do. >> he does not know how to talk to us. but we like what he

is doing. i think they're open to him that way. secondly i think he does not quite know how to respond to questions about the sex abuse crisis. in the interview with the italian newspaper he was a little too defensive. he really needs to meet with survivors of the sexual abuse. he needs to sit down and hear their story. he is not done that. he really needs to do it. finally he needs to go after the bishops who are not what the program. people have to see the bishops are held accountable when they do not deal with bad press. priests. >> the catholic church remains one of the longest surviving institutions in history. in part because it has been capable of reforms when necessary.

after the sexual scandals a decline in the priesthood 266 pope has demonstrated that he knows well the church must change the way it operates. a reformation of is: none too soon. >> later how your personality can affect your overall health. amazon raises its yearly prime membership fee. >> a classic steak recipes served with mushrooms and a red line reductions off. red wine

, this will take action anytime soon. the senate approved a bill last year to collect state sales taxes on purchases.

chairman of the judiciary committee says it has fundamental defects. giving no indication when the house will come up with its own version. state governments say they lose $23 billion a year in uncollected sales taxes. on-line retail giant is raising the cost of premium service from 79 to $99 a year. going up to $49 a year. a $10 increase as well. tens of millions of subscribers worldwide. the premium service includes free today shipping. two class- action lawsuits accuse amazon of encouraging sellers to raise prices. u.s. labor market is showing signs of coming out of the winter chill. initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell to 315,000. the lowest level since november. predicted the number of claims would rise by 15,000 instead of falling by 6000. they said

they expected job growth to pick up this spring more salaried workers could get paid overtime under a new executive order from president obama. the move will affect millions of workers who earn more than $24,000 a year. the president's decision is seen as a challenge to republicans and congresin progress. the governor is defending his multimillion-dollar anti virus program. program that some critics have say it is nothing more than a political slush fund. >> today was all supposed to be about the governor's campaign to raise the minimum wage. much of the questions he got. many of the question to got were about his anti violence

programs. the governor was surrounded by minimum-wage workers and those who do work with the poor. was able to push his raising the minimum wage message out there along with martin sheen. also had to answer to why his 2010 abraham anti pilot program was slammed by the general. said the program was more less a mess. millions of taxpayer dollars were wasted or did not go to the neighborhood that needed it most. >> he knows there are problems and that is why he stepped in. >> top of the governors to step and when you see something going in the wrong direction. that is why didn't the program long before the audit arrived. >> regardless this is a likely commission that is going to continue to dog the governor. >> live music

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>> it looks pretty good. you have not looked at in the last few minutes. the forecast models have been playing a game with me. i'm going to try to straighten this out in a few minutes. that warm-up that we are expecting is in jeopardy. we will talk about that in just a moment. >> have some sunshine today. great sunshine. temperatures since about 7:00 this morning. right now have jumped up 15 degrees. you notice what happened. cloudiness pushed over the area. it is not going to be around long. is that

going to be enough time to provide enough sunshine to get us into the upper 30 i? >> goodness. we still have a strong wind coming up to the south. the wind speed is really moving along at about 12-22 mi. per hour. watch this closely. this will impact tomorrow. notice the little arrow suggesting the wind coming out of the south. early tomorrow afternoon the wind begins to shift. that is going to be a cold breeze. a real question, do not think so if this verifies. the wind will continue up of the northwest. that is going to maintain cold temperatures as we go into the weekend. windchill is at the moment because of the breezy conditions

makes the hair feel like it is in the low to mid teens around the area. humidity at 66%. the dew point at 72 degrees. i suppose it is positive we have the visibility of at least 10 mi.. those clouds that are impacting us at the moment, you can notice the leading edge now pushing into northwestern indiana. the back edge approaching parts of northwestern illinois. still snowing up to the north up in parts of the upper peninsula. none of that is expected to bother chicago. it is still snowing rather impressively through parts of the northeast. heavy snowfall affecting southern maine and also vermont. look at that. that is a red flag warning in effect for the central plains. this is a freeze warning

in effect for northern georgia. farther up to the north no surprise here. a winter storm warning in effect for maine. the problem is low humidity and gusty wind. that does elevate the fire danger. those are the clouds over chicago at the moment. notice what happens over the weekend. a few more clouds build that is

not expected to affect chicago. we still have snow cover. that is not helping our situation with the temperatures either. it is a little heavier up through bloom county. and they're hopeful that as temperatures rise we will lose some of that. mostly cloudy this afternoon. high temperature of 36 to 40. for tonight a few early cloud. that is fairly steady from where we expect to be by sunset. for friday mostly sunny and temperatures will rise. will they arise before the front passes? there may still be 50. southwest wind 12- 22. saturday northwest winds and

clouds increase. rainshowers are a very good possibility. some of that might mix with a snowflake. i hope we will hit a 50 tomorrow. >> if not we will have to sell for a 43.settle for a 43. >> some mushrooms are named after sea >> some mushrooms are named after sea creatures.

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approachable. whether you want to pick something great for your family. you cannot get any easier. >>you make it sound so easy. we are going to do it r ight here. every household should have one. i always get one that is pre seasoned. ahave this beautiful sirloin steak. i melted some butter in a pan.

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ing you told me. i did like 3 or 4. we love garlic. putting this in the pan. big spoon please. just stir this up until they start to cook. i am going to add in to glaze this pan. i am going to add beef stock and wine. >>about a half cup. we will add in some beef broth. can you smell that? >> it is. it is rich and gives a fabulous richness to the

meat. >>the sauce reduces to about half. if you have a lot of people put in 3/4 cup. want to keep that an even amount. >>want to add some of that in. just a little bit of salt. for people who are watching salt intake, if you use kosher salt it has less sodium. >>get good flavor without as much sodium. >> asteak steak i already sliced. >>it was very easy. >>i have so many

tips about how to get great meals on the table. >>i cannot wait to talk to people. i love hearing what their favorite recipe is. i am sure people will find one of their favorites in your book. such lovely photos. >>thank you. >>thank you so much for joining us. >>she is sell ining for joining us. >>she is sell ining copies of her book.

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50 degrees was just a bit too optimistic. >>cold air coming early tomorrow afternoon. temperatures right now need some help. with the wind it feels like it is in the teens. a freeze warning in georgia. chicago not much other than cloudiness. >>hopefully the clouds will clear before too much longer. looks like saturday and sunday will be cloudy and

kind of chilly. maybe with a little luck we will make 50. >>it looks like that is going to be rain changing over to light snow. >>thank you so much for joining us >>thank you so much for joining us today.

in the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. excuse me. small? thanks. tv: yeah, ope? i got something i'd like to talk to you about. rammed my toe into a chair and then it's sort of hanging off my foot. i don't think that's a good sign. how long you been here? is it still the '90s? we'll get you settled in and the docs will patch you right up. hey, you're going to have to move the girl. she's not mine. who does this one belong to? well, good. take it out and ride... okay, sweetheart, up you go. this nice lady needs to rest, too. oh. nurse... go on. this man carried her in, set her down and left. did you see where he went? no, i-i figured he went to check her in... get a cup of coffee or something. i-i didn't see him after that.